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Payment card data was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend in a major breach at the U.S. retailer, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Secret Service is investigating, according to a spokesman for the agency, which safeguards the nation's payment systems. Target officials did not respond to requests for comment. Investigators believe the data was obtained via software installed on machines that customers use to swipe magnetic strips on their cards when paying for merchandise at Target stores, according to the person who was not authorized to discuss the matter and declined to provide further details.

U.S. discount chain Target Corp. has agreed to buy Chefs Catalog and Cooking.com to boost its ability to sell cooking products and kitchenware online. The company did not disclose the terms of the two deals, which are expected to close within 30 days. Target does not expect the deals to affect its results this year in any meaningful way. Chefs Catalog, backed by San Francisco-based private equity firm JH Partners, sells everything from utensils to kitchen tools directly to customers.

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Target Corp posted lower quarterly profit on Wednesday, as sales of food and value-priced items only partially mitigated some weakness it saw when holiday shoppers held back from discretionary spending in an uncertain economy. Target's holiday season included a disappointing showing for its collection of gifts sold in collaboration with high-end department store Neiman Marcus. The line of designer dresses, dishes and other products launched on Dec. 1, and Target sharply discounted the goods even before Christmas Target earned $961 million, or $1.47 per share, in the fiscal fourth quarter, down from $981 million, or $1.45 per share, a year earlier.

Target Corp. has submitted plans to build a new store in Lake Bluff, offering up what officials say is one of the largest redevelopment proposals the village has seen in years. The zoning application received by village hall calls for a 139,000-square-foot store on the former Shepard Chevrolet property, a 14-acre lot near the intersection of Route 176 and Waukegan Road. "There's certainly a high level of interest in it," said Trustee Kathleen O'Hara after the village board meeting Monday.

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - RadioShack Corp said on Monday it ended a mobile phone partnership with Target Corp as the retailers could not agree on a new deal that would be profitable for both companies. RadioShack, a retailer of consumer electronics and other gadgets, had been helping operate "Target Mobile" stores within 1,500 of Target's big box locations. RadioShack said that deal will end on April 8. "In order for RadioShack to have continued this relationship, we needed to establish a new agreement that would be financially appealing to both companies," said RadioShack Executive Vice President Telvin Jeffries in a statement.